Spartanburg-based textile machinery supplier Zimmer America Corp. is now the exclusive agent in North America for ARTEC (Advanced Recycling Technology) Machinery GmbH — an Austria-based developer and builder of high-performance ...
EATP (the European Association for Textile Polyolefins) has released details of the programme for its annual Executive Seminar, to be held in Brussels on May 28. The theme of the Seminar is “Succeeding in a Challenging ...
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Industrial Lubricant reduces friction between moving surfaces. The property of reducing friction is known as lubricity. A good lubricant exhibits various characteristics like High boiling point Low freezing point High ...
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Western European production of ethylene, propylene and butadiene in the fourth quarter of 2012 was down from the same period of 2011, according to the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe this week. Ethylene production in the ...
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Unipetrol recorded 10% increase of revenues at CZK 107bn in 2012. EBIT excluding one-off impairment reached positive result of CZK 372m in 2012. The volume of crude oil processed 3927 kt in 2012 similar to volume of 2011. EBIT negatively ...
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European ethylene has firmed over the last week on a pick-up in demand from buyers, according to sources Monday. "Our crackers and polyolefin plants have ramped up rates as demand has improved. We are operating at plus 80% on our plants," ...
Borealis said Friday it will raise all polyolefin prices for January 2013. Polyethylene prices will increase by Eur100/mt while prices for polypropylene will increase by Eur75/mt. "The decision to increase prices is based on the ...
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By 2030 around 70 percent of the Europe's energy requirements is predicted to come from abundant reserves of gas in Russia, the Artic and the neighboring areas of southeast Asia and North Africa. Also to the European Union's 27 member ...
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Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
Material manufacturer in Italy, Ritrama has announced the launch of its new bi-oriented 50μ clear coex polyolefin film on a glassine liner. The new Globalflex can be applied for home and personal care products and is said to be ...
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LyondellBasell announced Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell for two 300 KTA polypropylene (PP) plants to be located in Pengerang, Malaysia. “PETRONAS’ ...
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Liquid dispensing systems provider AFA Dispensing Group has appointed Nexus Packaging to distribute OpUs trigger sprayers in the UK and Ireland. Manufactured from 100% polyolefin plastic, OpUs trigger sprayers are said to be technically ...
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Canada-based Intertape Polymer, a manufacturer of industrial and packaging products, will exhibit on 28-31 October 2012 at Pack Expo International in Chicago. IPG is a packaging company that manufactures ctapes using all four adhesive ...
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Chemical company in the Netherlands,LyondellBasell's Spheripol process technology has been selected by Petroliam Nasional Berhad(PETRONAS)for two 300 KTA polypropylene(PP)plants that will be located in Pengerang,Malaysia. The Spheripol ...
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Kansai Paint Co. has been awarded a patent for a water-based primer composition comprised of an aqueous dispersion formed by dispersing an unsaturated carboxylic acid- or acid anhydride-modified polyolefin having a melting point of ...
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